Ventilating attachment for shirt-neckbands.



R. H. GRAY. VENTlLATlNG ATTACHMENTFOR SHIRT NECKBANDS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-4| [9|].

Patented Jan. 1, 1918.

ROBERT HARPER GRAY, OF COLUMBIA, MISSOURI.

VENTILATING ATTACHMENT FOB, SHIRT-NECKBANDS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 1, 1918.

Application filed. September 4, 1917. Serial No. 189,564.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT H. GRAY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Columbia, in the county of Boone and State of Missouri, have made an Improvement in Ventilating Attachments for Shirt- Neckbands, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is a device adapted for. attachment to the inside of a neck-band of a shirt to provide for ventilation, or circulation of air, by holding the neck-band away from the neck of the wearer, so that air heated by contact with his body may rise and escape under the collar, thereby conducing greatly to the comfort of the wearer of the garment when the temperature is hi h.

Flhe details of construction and attachment of the device are as hereinafter described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which 2- Figure 1 is a front perspective of the upper portion of a mans shirt with one form of my invention applied.

Fig. 2 is a vertical cross section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the attachment along with the top portion of the shirt front. Fig. 4 is a plan view of a modification.

My improved attachment is preferably constructed of small woven wire in the form of a tube or hollow body. The proportions of the device may vary, but I suggest the length of 3", a width of 2", and a thickness of The device may be curved in the direction of its width, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3, and the lower portion may be eX- tended frontwise, as shown in Fig. 2, so as to rest in contact with the portion of the breast of the wearer adjacent to the neckband.

The device may be secured detachably to the neck-band by any suitable means, but I preferably employ a metal clasp 3 applied as indicated in the drawing, the same being rigidly secured to the top portion of the device and extending outward and downward on the front of the neck-band.

While the device is preferably constructed of woven wire, it is to be understood that any other suitable material may be employed. The device may be also constructed as in a single piece or hollow body, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, or it may be made of several small tubes of woven wire, the same being suitably attached to each other.

In Fig. 4 I illustrate the device made in two parts and located on opposite sides of the collar-button.

By means of my improved attachment, the shirt band is held out of contact with the neck of the wearer, so that air heated by contact of the body and rising will escape through the meshes of the device or in the space between the two parts shown in Fig. 4.

It is to be understood that the device will be sufliciently soft and flexible to permit the free movement of the neck of the wearer, yet sufficiently stifi' or rigid to be effective in holding the shirt band away from the neck and front or on either side of the front proper.

It will be seen that in the broad sense my invention is a hollow foraminous or openwork body, which allows a quick or free ventilation, which greatly conduces to comfort.

A. ventilating attachment for the neckbands of shirts consisting of a hollow body formed of woven wire and having a spring clasp for securing it detachably to a neckband, as described.

ROBERT HARPER GRAY.

Witnesses to signature:

C. E. SHARP, V. N. JONES, Jr.

Copies of this patent, may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

